1984 Montreal Expos season

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1984 Montreal Expos
Pete Rose's only season in Montreal
Major league affiliations
Location
1984 Information
Owner(s) Charles Bronfman
Manager(s) Bill Virdon and Jim Fanning
Local television CBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radio CFCF
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)

The Expos recorded 78 wins during the 1984 season and finished in fifth place in the National League East. A managerial change occurred as Bill Virdon was replaced by Jim Fanning. The highlight of the Expos season was the acquisition of Pete Rose. After being benched in the 1983 World Series, Rose left the Phillies and signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Expos.

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[edit] Offseason

December 7, 1983: Scott Sanderson was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs. The San Diego Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos. The Montreal Expos sent Al Newman to the San Diego Padres. The Chicago Cubs sent Carmelo Martinez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the San Diego Padres. [1]

  • January 20, 1984: Pete Rose signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos. [2]

[edit] Regular season

On April 13, Pete Rose doubled off of his former teammate, Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman for his 4,000th career hit. Rose would join Ty Cobb as only the second player to enter the 4000 hit club. The hit came 21 years to the day after Rose's first career hit. Rose was eventually traded to the Reds for infielder Tom Lawless on August 15. While with Expos, Rose had 72 hits and batted .259.

[edit] Opening Day starters

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Chicago Cubs 96 65 .596 0
New York Mets 90 72 .556 6.5
St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 .519 12.5
Philadelphia Phillies 81 81 .500 15.5
Montreal Expos 78 83 .484 18.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 87 .463 21.5


[edit] Notable transactions

August 16, 1984: Pete Rose was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cincinnati Reds for Tom Lawless. [3]

[edit] Roster

1984 Montreal Expos roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gary Carter 159 596 175 .294 27 106
Terry Francona 58 214 74 .346 1 18
Tim Raines 160 622 192 .309 8 60
Tim Wallach 160 582 143 .246 18 72

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Pete Rose 95 278 72 .259 0 23

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Award Winners

1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandesc01.shtml
  2. ^ Pete Rose Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Pete Rose Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml
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